Towards a Wi-Fi  Ecosystem

Vinoth Gunasekaran

PhD Candidate

Department of Telecommunications Management
Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management
Stevens Institute of Technology


Email: vgunasek@stevens.edu

Academic Advisor:    Dr Audrey Curtis

Research Advisor:    Dr. Fotios C. Harmantzis

Education     

• PhD in Telecommunication Management, Stevens, Hoboken, NJ, USA (Current GPA – 4.0)
• Master of Science, Telecommunications, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA.
• Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering.
• Honors Diploma in Network Centered Computing.

Current Research 

• Techno-Economic Analysis of Next Generation Wireless Networks
• Ubiquitous broadband as Modern hi-tech economic tool
• Financial Assessment of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
• Applications of Emerging Wireless Technologies.
• Business Modeling of Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 3G, Bluetooth, RFID

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

V. Gunasekaran, F. Harmantzis, Financial Assessment of City wide Wi-Fi Deployment, Communications and Strategies,no.63, 3rd quater 2006, pp 131-153.

V. Gunasekaran, F. Harmantzis, Emerging Wireless Technologies for Developing Countries, Journal of Technology in Society, Vol 29, Issue 1, Jan 2007, pp 23-42.

S. Yaipairoj, F. Harmantzis, &  V. Gunasekaran, On the Economics of GPRS Networks with Wi-Fi Integration, appear in European Journal of Operational Research.
 

Conference Presentations/Research work

[1] V.Gunasekaran, F.Harmantzis " Wi-Fi / WiMAX Role in ICT Revolution" , A Shortcut to Bridge Digital Divide in Emerging markets To appear in International Telecommunications Society 16th Biennal Conference, Beijing, China , June12-16, 2006

[2] V. Gunasekaran, F.Harmantzis “Affordable Infrastructure for Deploying WiMAX Systems” Mesh v. Non Mesh” Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2005, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2005.

[3] V. Gunasekaran, F.Harmantzis “Migration to 4G:”Ubiquitous Broadband” Economic Modeling of Wi-Fi with WiMAX. ” Proc. World Wireless congress ,WCC 2005, SFO, USA, May 2005.

[4] V.Gunasekaran, F.Harmantzis “Remodeling hotspots with VoWi-Fi”  IEEE IM 2005, Nice, France, May 2005

[5] S. Yaipairoj, F. Harmantzis and V. Gunasekaran, "A Pricing Model of GPRS Networks with Wi-Fi Integration for "Heavy" Data Users", Proc. 2nd International Conference on E-business and Telecommunication Networks (ICETE), Reading, England, October 3-7, 2005.

[6]  F.Harmantzis, V.Gunasekaran “Cost Analysis of WLAN Integrated with GSM/GPRS Networks” Appeared in North Eastern and Business Economics” New York, USA, Conference proceedings, Sep 2004

[7]  M. Rahman, F. Harmantzis, V. Gunasekaran “QoS for inter-WLAN IP Mobility with High Speed Accessed Network Server” To appear in WCNC, New Orleans, LA, USA, March 2005

[8]  V.Gunasekaran, G. Thomas” Interoperability between Bluetooth (802.15.1) & Wi-Fi (802.11b)” Masters Thesis, Submitted in ULL Library, Lafayette, LA, USA

Invited Talks

[1] Dr. E.Friedman and V.Gunasekaran ,"Emerging Visions for UBIQUITOUS BROADBAND and Implications for Sustainable GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT , Columbia University Seminar on COMPUTERS, MAN and SOCIETY

[2] S. Yaipairoj, Dr.F.Harmantzis, and V.Gunasekaran, “A pricing Model for GPRS Network with Wi-Fi Integration” in the 20^th European Conference on Operational Research (EuroXX) ,Rhodes, Greece , July 4-7, 2004  AND the 4 th New York Metro Area Networking (NYMAN 2004),The Graduate Research Center, CUNY,  New York, September2004

Industry Background

AT&T Labs, Florham Park from May 2004 to August 2004. Mr. Vinoth was responsible for developing a Business case for WiMAX.